ReviewFrontiers in public health2022
"We're on the ground, we know what needs to be done": Exploring the role of Aboriginal Health Workers in primary health care.
Review in Frontiers in public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.
- The impact of interprofessional collaboration between pharmacists and community health workers on medication adherence: a systematic review.International journal for equity in health · 2025Pooled it
- Self-Determination in Action: A Scoping Review on Oral Health Training for Indigenous Health Workers Globally.Community dentistry and oral epidemiology · 2025Article
- Exploring integrated tertiary care for children from Nunavut: experiences of families and healthcare providers at the Aakuluk clinic in Ottawa, Canada.International journal of circumpolar health · 2025Article
- Development of a Memory Clinic at an Aboriginal Community-Controlled Health Service: Profile of the First Patients.Australasian journal on ageing · 2025Article
- The Heart Health Yarning Tool: Co-Designing a Shared Decision-Making Tool With Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Risk Management.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025Article
- 'I Think That Is a Big Step From Here to There': Exploring the Views of Service Providers About Delivering Drug- and Alcohol-Related Health Services to Aboriginal People in Rural New South Wales.Drug and alcohol review · 2025Article
- Co-creating an Indigenous-led virtual health services model for Indigenous Australians living with chronic disease.The Australian journal of rural health · 2025Article
- Perspectives on improving wound care for Aboriginal health workers in rural and remote communities in Queensland, Australia.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- Co-Designing Research for Sustainable Food Systems and Diets with Aboriginal Communities: A Study Protocol.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Online Learning to Support Culturally Safe Communication with First Nations Australians in Radiation Therapy: A Pre-Post Intervention Study.Cancer control : journal of the Moffitt Cancer CenterArticle
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Authors and funding
5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Background: Aboriginal Health Workers (AHWs) are core providers of primary health care (PHC) for First Nations peoples in Australia. However, the national AHW workforce is aging and in short supply. There is a poor understanding of the factors contributing to this attrition from the perspectives of AHWs themselves. This study aimed to systematically explore the current functioning and sustainability of AHWs in NSW PHC by amplifying AHW voices. Materials and methods: This study was co-designed with three Aboriginal health services in NSW. It included a literature review exploring the role of AHWs in NSW, and yarns with AHWs and their supervisors at participating services. Yarning is an Indigenous approach to knowledge generation centered upon storytelling. The yarns were guided by the USAID-developed Community Health Worker Assessment and Improvement Matrix. Yarn transcripts were analyzed using cyclical thematic analysis to identify key facilitators and challenges for AHW practice. Results: The yarns highlighted five categories of change that are required to ensure AHW sustainability: community connection, recognition, value, support, and an inclusive health system. The yarns revealed that there are both service- and system-level factors influencing each of these categories of change. Conclusions: The lived experiences of AHWs in NSW emphasize five key categories of change that are required to ensure workforce sustainability. It is evident that a system-wide paradigm shift to better include holistic approaches to health is necessary to truly ensure sustainability. Co-designing similar studies with ACCHOs across NSW can help inform this change.
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